The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-23
THE GERMAN ELECTIONS.
Later Returns Indicate Safe Majority for
the Government.

the Government
BERLIN, Feb. 22-From present calculations
Prince Bismarck will barely obtain a majority
for his eptennate bill. He required forty votes.
He has already won twenty, and the remainder
almost certain to be secured from the waver
ing Center. 1t is almost certain that the gov
ernment will not obtain a majority sufficient to
adopt the monopoly bills. Herr Windthorst has
been reelected. The Progressists are demoral
lied. They have met with an unexpected de-
feat and have already lost seventeen seats, while
gaining three. The total, ,sociaistc vote shows an
increase of SOC, 000 The National Liberals have
gained nearly as many seats as they have lost.
2P. M-At this hour the results in 1873 dis
tricts are known. The candidates elected in
clude IL Conservatives, Imperialists 43 Ma
tional Liberals, IA Centrists, new German
Liberals, Socialists and IA Poles and Asatians.
In thirty districts elections will be required.
So far, 103 candidates have been definitely elect
ed, comprising &C septennist, and 81 opponents
of the government.
The Socialists have carried the first and sec
ond divisions of Hamburg, and Altoona and
Nuremburg. They have lost Glauchau, Bruins
wick Chemnitz, Schneeberg and Zurekau.
6P. M-The results in 200 election districts
are now known. The candidates elected COM
price 20 Conservatives IA Imperalsts, 25 Cen
trists 81 National Liberals Socialists, Is
Alsatians and Poles New elections will be
necessary n Sc districts. The National Liber
ais will probably elect 90 members. All the
Democrats have been defeated in southern
Germany. Herr Liebknecht is defeated. A re-
liable government majority is assured.
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March 3.
is elected
The returns continue to show that the Ma
tional Liberals victorious all along the line.
Of fifty seats held by National Liberals il the
last Reichstag, twenty five have been again won.
Besides these, twenty-three have been gained by
coalitions of National Liberals and Free Con-
servatives Among the members thus elected
are MIGUEL, for Friedberg; Leuschne for Mevan;
Prince Garolath, for Gutenberg; Oetker, for
Rinteln; Meyer, for Jena; Hammacher, for Dres
berg; Bernuth, for Oschersleben; Morgnodsten,
for Worms; Oechelhenser for Anhalt. National
Liberals will be engaged in fifteen second bal
lots in constituencies where hitherto they
have not been represented. At Bremen Meir,
the National Liberal, will be pitted in the sec
ond ballot against the new German Liberal.
The new German Liberals have lost seats at
Kenigsberg and Lubeck.
Returns are still incomplete, and results are
unknown in a number of districts where new
German Liberals are concerned. Among those
known to be returned are Richter, for Hagen;
Barth, for Hirschbere; Hermies, for Janer.
At Kenigsberg a second ballot will be neces-
batu Not Of ,,1
Godan, Socialist; at Dantzig between Schrader,
new German Liberal, and Boehm, National
Liberal; at Stettin, between Leistikor, National
Liberal, and Broemel, new German Liberal; at
Breslau, between Kaiser, Socialist, and
| Seydewitz, Conservative and between Kraeker,
! Socialist and Witte, National Liberal; at Co.
| logne, between Reimen. Lationa Liberal, and
| Braubach, Centrist; at Munich, between Sail
maker. National Liberal, and Rupert, Centrist,
and between Landes, Centrst. and Vollmer,
| Socialist; at Leipsc, between Groendlin, Ma
| tional Liberal, and Bebe Socialist; at Lubbock
| between Febling, National Liberal and
| Schwartz. Socialist at Chemnitz, between Claas,
| National Liberal, and Geieer, Socialist; at
! Frankfort, between Metzler, National Liberal
| and Tabor Socialist: at Magdeburg, between
| Duvinean, National Liberal. and Hence. Social
| ist; at Hamburg between Wermann, National
| Liberal. and Heinzel, Socialist and at Dresden
between Hueltzel, National Liberal, and Bebel
| Socialist
Sonnemann, Democrat, is defeated at Frank
fort. Grillelbers, Socialist, is elected at Nurem
burg. The Alsatians reelected include Lalavee
at Mulhausen; Grad, at Comar: Guerber. at
| Guebweller, and Winterer, at AItkirch. Returns
| from A1sace show that the electors adhere to the
| protesting candidates
| MIDNIGHT from 25O districts show
| the election of 43 Conservatives. 16 Imperialists
Va WIG Mott thn~o1 Il
man Liberals Socialists. Is Alsatians and
Poles In forty-two districts supplementary
elections will be necessary.
The very latest returns from the districts il
| which candidates have been elected and the
political complexion of those in which supple
mentary ballots are required, give assurance
that the government will have large majority
in the new Reichstag
The National Zeitung, commenting upon tht
elections says: ''The results as far as known
presage brilliant septennate victory The re
suits ascertained this afternoon inciude twenty
six seats won from the Reichstag ma iority o
Jan. IA. while the National Liberals hay
wrested from their opponents twenty-three dis
tricts, of which twelve were lost by new Ger
man Liberals, three by Centrists. five by Social
lists and three by Democrats. The new Ger
man Liberals have yeritably suffered crush
ing defeat"
The. Nachrichten says: sIf conclusion ca
be drawn from general summary of the re
suits the prospects of the national parties ar
decidedly favorable. The sound sense of tn
! German people has met the digracefu
experiments in agitation of the apostle
of revolution with a resistance which was evi
IDENTIFY not expected by the allied oppostio
parties. Accordingly, among the latter, ther
, prevails general disappointment. Among tn
new German Liberals feeling of intense din
may is plainly discerned between the nigh
sounding phrases of the party press. If the on
come of the elections is such as TO leave our enc
mics in no doubt as to the fact that we firml
determined to defend ourselves to the utmost fo
the protection of the fatherland, and are read